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Yippee! I found my first German Hemipristis serra!

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I took another bike ride up to my favorite shark tooth site today and spent a couple of hours scratching at the outcrop with my trusty Swiss Army knife. Didn't do bad at all this time around and was particularly happy to have found my first Hemipristis serra tooth :)

 

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Hemipristis serra 12mm.

 

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Carcharias acutissima 15 & 25mm.

 

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Sea bream Sparus cinctus. The largest single tooth has a diameter of 7mm. and the partial plate is 16mm. long.

 

Anybody have an idea what the following 2 teeth might be?

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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Great find, Roger! There’s nothing quite like finding a first.

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Very nice, Roger. 

And congratulations on the Hemipristis. 

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Hi Roger,

 

That's great about the Hemipristis.  Those are uncommon in the Sharktooth Hill Bonebed (Bakersfield area, CA) too so I was happy to find my first one too back in the 90's.  I know how you feel.

 

Those last two teeth are Carcharhinus.

 

Jess

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5 hours ago, siteseer said:

Hi Roger,

 

That's great about the Hemipristis.  Those are uncommon in the Sharktooth Hill Bonebed (Bakersfield area, CA) too so I was happy to find my first one too back in the 90's.  I know how you feel.

 

Those last two teeth are Carcharhinus.

 

Jess

Thanks Jess, I was hoping you'd say that :)

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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8 hours ago, Praefectus said:

Nice find!

 

8 hours ago, Searcher78 said:

Nice teeth!

 

8 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Very nice, Roger. 

And congratulations on the Hemipristis. 

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8 hours ago, Monica said:

Congrats, Roger, on your first German H. serra!!! :default_clap2:

 

7 hours ago, rand95 said:

Congrats 

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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Beautiful Hemi Roger, congrats :yay-smiley-1:

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Nice finds. Thanks for sharing the photos.

 

 

Mark.

 

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Congratulations Roger! 

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5 hours ago, taj said:

Nice !

 

3 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

Nice finds. Thanks for sharing the photos.

 

18 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Congratulations Roger! 

Thanks guys :)

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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Congrats on the hemi Roger. I still enjoy finding them here in N.C. even though they are rather common at many of the places I hunt.

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Congrats on the tooth Roger! 

 

I found the Sparus cinctus interesting as well. I don’t believe I have ever seen anything quite like them, but for all I know they may be common teeth. I know very little about shark teeth or vertebrates in general. Off I go to research on the interwebs!

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Congratulations Roger. Nice hemi tooth. That along with the other finds and it looks like you did real well. Interesting geology in your area that has both Jurassic and Miocene. 

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8 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

Congrats on the hemi Roger. I still enjoy finding them here in N.C. even though they are rather common at many of the places I hunt.

I already have some nice ones from there that I got on trades, but finding one here was really something special.

 

8 hours ago, FossilNerd said:

Congrats on the tooth Roger! 

 

I found the Sparus cinctus interesting as well. I don’t believe I have ever seen anything quite like them, but for all I know they may be common teeth. I know very little about shark teeth or vertebrates in general. Off I go to research on the interwebs!

They are not exactly uncommon, but you don't find them nearly as much as shark teeth. These are crushing teeth, since they fed mainly on shellfish.

 

8 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Congratulations Roger. Nice hemi tooth. That along with the other finds and it looks like you did real well. Interesting geology in your area that has both Jurassic and Miocene. 

It's nice to have the variety. Too bad we don't have any Cretacious exposures though.

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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